Written: Must include 200 words. The season is winding down and the playoff picture is getting a bit more clear. Write about some scenarios that could unfold based on the final weeks of play. Who's already eliminated? What needs to happen for a team in the hunt to steal a playoff berth? How's home field shaping up? Etc.
The Liberty had no business making the playoffs, they were 3 games behind with 3 games left to play, and needed a miracle to make the playoffs. They needed either the wraiths to lose 2 out of 3 and they needed to win all 3 games themselves. Or they needed the Hawks to lose out completely to knock the Hawks out. Luckily they had 3 games against NSFC opponents, already undefeated in the division they could secure the tiebreaker they needed should they win out. When it came time to act they acted, winning a game they were slated to win before facing the two teams they needed to lose, and for the Liberty they could help their fate, and had to anyway to have any shot in hell at the playoffs. They watched the Wraiths come into Philly in a must win game, and having already won once against the Wraiths they had confidence. At the end of the day they did what they had to do, and watched the Hawks lose in Orange County and saw their fate before them. Win in Baltimore and you get to play another game and a shot at the Glacies Trophy. Lose to the Hawks and you’re done, no way to sneak in now, what they needed to do they didn’t. They went into Baltimore and watched special teams play extremely well. Two return touchdowns propelled them up by 8 with 2 minutes to play. The Hawks drove down the field, defense did not stop them, and the Hawks waltzed into the end zone to make the score 35-33. All the Hawks needed was a two-point conversion, and with the defense struggling to stop the Hawks it looked like they were going to send the game to overtime in Baltimore, which would not have been a good sign for the underdogs up by 2. They don’t convert, they are stopped and do not get the two points, their season is over. Liberty have just done what seemed impossible three weeks prior, and were able to pull the rabbit out of their hat. They completed the miracle, and now get the chance to win the NSFC after struggling early in the season.
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The Liberty had no business making the playoffs, they were 3 games behind with 3 games left to play, and needed a miracle to make the playoffs. They needed either the wraiths to lose 2 out of 3 and they needed to win all 3 games themselves. Or they needed the Hawks to lose out completely to knock the Hawks out. Luckily they had 3 games against NSFC opponents, already undefeated in the division they could secure the tiebreaker they needed should they win out. When it came time to act they acted, winning a game they were slated to win before facing the two teams they needed to lose, and for the Liberty they could help their fate, and had to anyway to have any shot in hell at the playoffs. They watched the Wraiths come into Philly in a must win game, and having already won once against the Wraiths they had confidence. At the end of the day they did what they had to do, and watched the Hawks lose in Orange County and saw their fate before them. Win in Baltimore and you get to play another game and a shot at the Glacies Trophy. Lose to the Hawks and you’re done, no way to sneak in now, what they needed to do they didn’t. They went into Baltimore and watched special teams play extremely well. Two return touchdowns propelled them up by 8 with 2 minutes to play. The Hawks drove down the field, defense did not stop them, and the Hawks waltzed into the end zone to make the score 35-33. All the Hawks needed was a two-point conversion, and with the defense struggling to stop the Hawks it looked like they were going to send the game to overtime in Baltimore, which would not have been a good sign for the underdogs up by 2. They don’t convert, they are stopped and do not get the two points, their season is over. Liberty have just done what seemed impossible three weeks prior, and were able to pull the rabbit out of their hat. They completed the miracle, and now get the chance to win the NSFC after struggling early in the season.
(369 words)
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